So Many Toys

Here’s my card for the latest Embellish color/theme challenge to create a masculine card. I used one of my favorite Clear and Simple Stamps sets, All Boy, for the challenge. Masculine cards are hard for me, so I tend to keep the designs simple. I like to add interest by incorporating a little texture and using accents like buttons and brads. You’ll see all of that in this card.

I stamped the set’s paper airplane and trail image on a white panel. I stamped the plane a second time, shaded it a little with Copic markers, cut it out, and added it to the panel with foam tape. The “so many toys” sentiment is stamped underneath the plane in red ink.

I embossed a gray strip with a textured pattern, then added a green strip, die cut with a pinking edge pattern, at the bottom. A strip of narrow red grosgrain ribbon is set along the top of the pinking edge piece for another pop of red. I added a pair of silver brads at the edge of the embossed panel, then set it on a light blue card base. After matting the image panel on a red circle, I added it to the cardfront, along with a red button tied with baker’s twine.

Materials Used:
All Boy stamp set, Perfect Little Black Dress and Haute Red Couture inks, Dare to Be a Diva Red, You’re Such a Gray-cious Host, Trendsetter Blue, and A Blanc Check cardstock, Copic markers (B0000, C00), Dare to Be a Diva Red button (Clear and Simple Stamps); Pear Pizzazz cardstock, Real Red grosgrain ribbon (Stampin’ Up!); circle dies (Spellbinders); inside pinking border die (The Cat’s Pajamas); Diamond Plate embossing folder (Cuttlebug); silver brads (Recollections); red baker’s twine (Divine Twine); foam tape